Rey, Ben, and Leia rushed towards the medical bay where they could feel a familiar aura, a presence they had not felt in a long time. Poe, extremely confused, rushed after them.
"What are you people going on about?"
Rey waved in his general direction as if that was an adequate answer, and then sped up even more. Leia, though not quite as youthful as she had been, kept up easily with Rey, closely followed by Ben, and Poe still bewildered ran behind them all.
Chewbacca joined the group. The pilot, Jedi, ex-Sith, Wookie, and General rushing down the hall drew quite a few stares, but none of them stopped to look less attention-grabbing.The ragtag little family had, at this point, neared the room where Finn was kept in. Chewbacca was the first to reach the door. He was, however, quickly apprehended by the head doctor. , who looked at the group sternly before picking up a clipboard. Looking over the papers, she gave them a glare, and beckoned to a nurse. The nurse, looking mildly concerned, walked over.
"What's wrong, ma'am?"
"Please, for the love of all that is good, do not let these five into Finn's room before I can check his vitals. It's all I ask," she said in a very exasperated tone."They have been coming to visit him every single day for the past two months since he was entered into my care which, while it is a noble effort, HAS BEEN DRIVING ME INSANE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW MEDICAL CARE WORKS."
"I was only trying to help," muttered Rey. Poe looked slightly distressed.
"How, pray tell, does setting the machine making sure his breathing is regulated on fire- You know what, I'm just going to go check on him. STAY." After a few minutes (which seemed to be hours) of nervous shuffling and awkwardly avoiding the medical staff, the head doctor (whose name tag read Poila) told them to come inside. Leia looked nervously at her son. Ben had dreaded seeing Finn; Ben had practically ruined his life. To top it all off, he had stabbed Finn and put him into a coma for a significant amount of time. Would Finn accept him and join their makeshift family? Would Ben be able to face the former Stormtrooper?
There was no time for such thoughts, however, as Rey rushed inside the room.
She kissed Finn on the cheek, and he blushed profusely.
"What is going on?"
Poe grinned at him.
"You've been out for two months, in a coma. Lightsaber wounds and Force injuries are considerably harder to heal," said Leia, grinning wider than Rey and Poe combined.
Finn's expression darkened slightly.
"Oh, I kind of remember how I got here, we were fighting Kylo Ren. Rey, I vaguely remember you cutting his face, did you win?"
Rey stiffened.
"He'd just killed Han Solo. Man, if I could get my hands on him now-"
Ben opened his mouth to speak, edging into the room.
Finn looked at his supposed nemesis, extremely confused. Finn tried to speak, but all that came out of his mouth was a slight strangled noise.
Finn was slowly self-destructing.
"WHAT is happening?"
"Um, it's kind of a long story and I'm not sure I know all of it myself," started Rey.
"So he's not going to up and murder us all in the night?"
"He hasn't shown any homicidal tendencies since he came here a while back," said Poe.
"I'm so confused."
"Maybe we should talk a bit, he's become my son again. The three of them started calling me Mom?"
"Rey punched a bully for him, I tried to restrain her and failed, we're family now."
"I'm SO CONFUSED."
"We might need to talk," said Ben.
"We might?" said Finn.
"You should bake him a 'Sorry I Put You In A Coma' cake," said Rey.
"REY," said Poe.
"I thought I mumbled that, sorry, sorry," said Rey.
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It had been quite a long time (time punctuated by multiple glares from Poila, who eventually gave up). After long, long conversations which started as a jumble of words as Poe, Rey, Ben, and Leia all tried to explain at once, and ended as a slightly more orderly taking-turns conversation, Finn had taken medicine and was released from the hospital.
They all went their separate ways, feeling that further explanation could be left for the next day.
As Ben set off for bed, Finn pulled him aside.
"Look, I'm not saying I trust you, but Leia does, and so do Rey and Poe and I trust them."
"I understand."
"But, I'll try. One thing I'm still confused about, though. Why did Han Solo die if you were grey all this time?"
Ben thought through his options quickly.
"I'll tell all of you tomorrow, okay? I'd like to get the explanation all done with at once, if you don't mind."
Finn accepted this explanation and left with the others.
Ben Solo did not get much sleep that night.